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Man charged after 1 dead in Fairfax Co. parking lot shooting
A Manassas, Virginia, man has been charged after an early Friday shooting in Chantilly left another man dead and two others with minor injuries, police said.
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Police: Man forces his way into Montgomery Co. home, terrorizes family
Police said a New Jersey man broke into a Laytonsville, Maryland, home and terrorized a family with a young child inside. He reportedly said, “I guess I have to kill a baby, too!”
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Montgomery Co. music teacher arrested on child porn charges
A Bethesda, Maryland, music teacher who gave private lessons from his home was arrested Thursday for possession of child pornography.
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Alexandria man gets over 66 years for grisly murder of his grandfather
Dallas Smith, 32, pleaded guilty in February to first-degree murder. Prosecutors said he broke into his grandfather’s house and shot and stabbed the victim while he was in bed.
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Veterans Affairs employee charged for recording women in department restroom
A Department of Veterans Affairs employee was charged this week for allegedly recording multiple women without their knowledge in a restroom at the department’s headquarters near the White House, according to court documents.
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Va. man gets 2 life terms in 2017 ‘human sacrifice’ murder of own father
Back in February, Bowles pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder and one count of arson in connection with the July 2017 death of father Mario Bowles and the subsequent fire of their Lucketts home.
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4 more charged in 2018 shooting death of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson
A D.C. grand jury has indicted 11 people in connection with the July 2018 murder of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson, who was killed while trying to buy ice cream in her Northeast D.C. neighborhood.
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DC police seek man in pair of sexual assaults in same NW block
D.C. police are asking for the public’s help in solving two very similar home invasions and sexual assaults that happened in the same block in the span of a little more than 48 hours.
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Body found in Fairfax County park, police say
Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, have confirmed Thursday afternoon that a body was found in a park after a search that began Wednesday evening.
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Man found dead on street in College Park
Prince George’s County police say a passerby discovered the man outside in the 8700 block of Rhode Island Avenue around 6 a.m.
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Senate staffer dies after fight outside Navy Yard bar
Berner “Bud” Richard Johnson III, 48, was assaulted near Scarlet Oak Restaurant and Bar on K Street SE, just around the corner his home.
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UPDATED: Multiple People Stabbed in Rosslyn
Initial reports suggest three people were stabbed in or near Rosslyn’s Gateway Park. Two people were seriously injured but expected to survive, while the other victim suffered minor injuries.
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Man sought in peeping incident at Va. rec center
A man entered the women’s locker room of a Loudoun County, Virginia, recreation center, and was seen looking into a shower stall. See a sketch of the suspect.
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Genealogy database helps convict Md. man who raped elderly woman
Marlon Michael Alexander, 40, was sentenced to two life terms in prison Tuesday for the 2010 rape of an 86-year-old Germantown woman; and his DNA is linked to four more rape cases in Montgomery County dating back to 2007, prosecutors said.
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Jury finds former Somali colonel responsible for torture
A jury has found a northern Virginia man who once served as a colonel in the Somali Army responsible for torturing a man more than 30 years ago as part of a government campaign to repress its perceived enemies.
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